Reporting to the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, the Programmes Manager will contribute to the development and delivery of events and other engagement activities addressing our mission and values. Developing strategies to attract new audiences to The Africa Centre and retain existing ones, you will nurture these into ongoing supporters of the Charity.

We often work in partnership with external organisations, individuals, corporates, advocacy groups, and institutions, both in  Africa and the diaspora and you will engage with these, building new relationships and strengthening existing ones. This role will shape and develop our programme strategy including how we deliver. We have initiatives in place with the aim of transforming and empowering the diverse communities we serve, particularly young people. You will ensure that the Charity fully understands the needs and expectations of our communities and that we develop relevant evidence based programmes.

You will have a keen interest in Africa, be knowledgeable about and connected to African and Caribbean communities in the UK. Using your communication skills, creativity, networks, and grasp of the wider environment you will deliver programme and activities that can attract audiences, funding and raise the profile of the Charity.

Core Responsibilities

• Create new programmes (both physical and digital) aligned with The Africa Centre’s mission and expand and execute on existing ideas.
• Identify relevant programme delivery partners, build relationships, establishing an engaged network.
• Contribute to the development of the yearly programme budget and delivery of monthly reporting to agreed annual KPIs and objectives.
• Work closely with the Venue Sales & Operations officer on space availability and readiness for programmed events.
• Support with the production and logistics of programmes, exhibitions, and events. Liaise with third parties and manage the set-up and break down of both internal and external events.
• Track programme attendance, collect data and produce relevant reports
• Coordinate required forms and agreements for programme participants and moderators.
• Keep programmes calendar up-to-date and monitor the group mailbox including managing all programmes related subscriptions and accounts
• Assist with marketing and communication of  programmes including producing invitations, managing ticketing and attendance lists, website updates related to upcoming programming, supporting programme related social media, etc.
• Coordinate the documentation of programming activity through photos, videos, and blogs, etc and participate in reviewing the production, post-production, and archiving.
• Support The Africa Centre’s social media strategy, liaising with Marketing and Comms to ensure that past and upcoming programmes and other related content is published.
• Support the development of fundraising documents including presentation  decks  and  other related material.
• Be an active member of the Outreach and Engagement committee working with with volunteer teams, staff, and the Board, to ensure robust communication around programming.
• Any other tasks as reasonably asked by the organisation.

In this role, you will be expected to show commitment, teamwork, and communication by:

• Acting as a point of contact for external calls and keeping an eye on the group mailbox.
• Actively participating in team and organisation activities.
• Being a trusted advocate of The Africa Centre and positively representing the Charity at all times.
• Engaging with the Charity’s activities, understanding our charitable purpose, and amplifying our key messaging.
• Ensuring cost-effectiveness in all areas of work and that all duties are carried out in accordance with departmental and company policies and procedures.
• A willingness to work outside of office hours and occasionally, during weekends.

Skills and Experience

• A genuine interest in and passion for Africa and its global diaspora and alignment with the ethos and aspirations of The Africa Centre.
• Firm understanding of the competitive space and wider environment in which the Africa Centre operates.
• A minimum of 3 years experience in a similar role with a proven track record of conceiving, managing, and delivering successful programmes.
• Digital fluency, a creative flair, and proficiency with IT. Experience with digital marketing, and media production applications desirable.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Agile, adaptive, proactive, and excellent time-management skills.
• Customer service-oriented, results-driven, and excellent problem-solving skills.

The British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) is looking to appoint a highly organised and resourceful Operations Manager to lead the day to day-to-day management of our operational, events, administrative and HR functions. Working closely with the Chief Executive, the successful applicant will ensure the organisation delivers its operational objectives to budget.

As the national professional body for art therapy, we work to raise professional standards of art therapists in the UK and promote a better understanding of the benefits art therapy can bring in promoting wellbeing and good mental health across all communities. With the recent appointment of a new Chief Executive, we are looking to further develop the organisation with the appointment of an operational manager.

BAAT promotes art therapy to policy makers, opinion formers and the general public. We provide a wide range of member support services, ranging from training events, national and international conferences, a peer reviewed journal, member magazine and e-bulletins.

The successful candidate will be a confident and resilient manager, with an ability to work creatively on tight budgets, with at least 5 years’ experience of operations and office administration in a similar not-for-profit or membership body, including at least 2 years in a managerial role including experience of managing events.  

The successful applicant will join a small, professional staff team based in our office that is located within an arts-based community centre a few minutes’ walk to Angel tube station and 15 minutes’ walk to Kings Cross. We are currently working remotely because of the pandemic, but are looking to return to a part in-office and part home based working practice.

You will carry out a multitude of activity to plan, manage and deliver our careers, education, and employability programmes to help young people and unemployed adults – particularly those with multiple barriers - into work in hospitality, tourism and leisure. Your work will include facilitating our education programmes in schools, colleges and universities; deliver Ambassador training; as well as delivering our employability programmes. You will also help to improve the appeal of the industry through campaign activity and supporting Business Partners. You will contribute to the targets of getting people into work in the sector and work directly with employers, referral partners, education bodies, and beneficiaries. You will be responsible for data collection and report writing and have a portfolio of business partners to look after

About Us

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) is an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement.

We do this by summarising the best available evidence in plain language for busy, time-poor teachers and senior leaders, generating new evidence of ‘what works’, and what doesn’t work to improve teaching and learning, and supporting teachers and senior leaders across the country to use this evidence to achieve the maximum possible benefit for children and young people.

The Role

As the Head of Policy, you will play a pivotal role in our policy development and operation. You will liaise with the DfE and other national and international policy organisations, and leading evidence projects that have a direct relationship with the Department for Education. These latter currently relate to the key ‘evidence guardianship’ role that the EEF has adopted, specifically in relation to the Early Career Framework (ECF) and National Professional Qualifications (NPQs).

The Head of Policy will also lead on projects related to overall EEF strategy; policy issues; and complex issues which span a number of internal teams. 

Reporting to the Director of Impact, this role requires the ability to lead on discrete projects related to overall EEF strategy; policy issues; broader links to the Department for Education; and complex issues which span a number of internal teams. 

Day-to-day responsibilities will include relationship management of key stakeholders, managing a small policy team, and working across the EEF to ensure that policy and evidence guardianship is actively informing, supporting and underpinning cross-organisational planning.

About You

To join us as a Head of Policy, you will need:

• To act as a representative and ambassador of the EEF in key meetings across stakeholder groups

• Deep knowledge of the education sector and a demonstrated commitment to the aims of the EEF
• Extensive experience of working in a senior education policy or research related role;
• Exceptional interpersonal and written communication skills, evidenced by close, successful relationships with policy makers and senior education stakeholders;
• A proven track record of leading, motivating and managing the performance and development of a high-performing team, encouraging enterprise in others;
• The capacity to prioritise and work across multiple projects, delivering a high volume of quality work to meet deadlines.
• A proactive, flexible and pragmatic approach, with an ability to balance a commitment to rigour with accessibility and impact

What you can expect from us

• Salary of c£55k+ per annum D.O.E
• Flexible start and end working times (core hours between 10am and 4pm)
• 27 days’ holiday per annum plus Bank Holidays
• Pension matched with a 5% employer contribution
• Life insurance cover
• Interest-free season ticket loan and cycle scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave pay (conditions apply)
• Access to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme

How to Apply

If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please download the recruitment pack and click 'Apply on Website' to submit your application via our online recruitment portal.

Key Dates

• Application Close: 27 June 2021
• 1st Stage Interviews: w/c 5 July 2021
• 2nd Stage Interviews: w/c 12 July 2021

We reserve the right to change the closing date depending on the number of responses received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure it is considered in the selection process.

If you have a disability and can demonstrate that closing this post early would impact on your ability to submit an application in time, please contact our Human Resources team to request arrangements for an application to be submitted within the original time-frame.

The EEF is committed to create a workforce that is diverse, promotes inclusion and supports everyone to progress and achieve, regardless of background characteristics.

To assist us in understanding how we are progressing to meet these aims and to identify areas for further focus, we are seeking your support to collect information to produce and monitor equal opportunities aggregate statistics.

As part of the application, you’ll be invited to complete an Equal Opportunities section. Completing the form is not mandatory and will not affect or be linked to your application.

Contact Us

Thank you for your interest in working at the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF). If you have any queries, please do hesitate to contact us.

The job of a Save the Children’s UK CRM Business Programme Director is exciting and challenging.

• Do you have proven experience of successfully delivering large and complex scale CRM marketing?
• Are you passionate about developing and delivering transformation projects?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn’t just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children’s unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Director of Regional Fundraising, Engagement and Volunteering, the CRM Programme Business Lead is responsible for leading the successful implementation and delivery of a large-scale CRM programme - a new CRM and customer data management systems – which spans all channels and supporter touchpoints.

The CRM Programme Business Lead will play a significant role in championing our supporter engagement transformation programme to deliver increased supporter engagement, minimise churn and drive growth.

Key duties will include shaping the supporter engagement and supporter data strategy for the organisation and ensure alignment to the overall vision, working with the wider Fundraising & Marketing leadership team to enable the supporter journey, driving the continued adoption of our supporter centric and data driven marketing approach to maximise growth and engagement and evaluating performance against agreed KPIs.

This project is part of an overall organisational CRM change strategy that will drive delivery excellence and agility in our delivery approach as well as transforming the digital experience for our supporters.

As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. The role holder will also support our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for every one of our employees so we can better represent the children we protect.

Main Accountabilities

The CRM Programme Business Lead will lead on the strategy and solution delivery for this programme. Key duties will focus on:

Leadership and Strategy

• Developing the Supporter CRM roadmap strategy and solution delivery. Defining the CRM requirements that will improve supporter engagement and increase the supporter lifecycle

• Providing clarity around priorities and goals of programme and communicating the shared vision for the programme objectives. Ensuring these are translated into working practice

• Identifying and owning organisational risk and monitoring the progress of the programme in line with the organisational vision

• Ensuring collaboration across stakeholder business areas within the scope of the programme 

• Leading the organisation of necessary communication or training activities to the ensure that the programme benefits are maximised

• Managing the transition into a live service

• Acting as the role model and subject matter expert in the agile programme management approach. Empowering the business roles within the Programme Working Group, to appropriate levels, within their responsibilities

• Leading, coaching and guiding other in every aspect of the programme and ensuring key team members fully understand their tasks and act on them efficiently

Change Management

• Owning the wider implications of any business change from an organisational perspective 

• Communicating and promoting the organisational vision to all interested and/or impacted parties 

Supporter Data & Insights

• Owning the customer data roadmap and consistently driving data interrogation to identify clear supporter opportunities

• Leading on the data collection on supporter insights

• Ensuring consistency in data-driven decision making and strategy formulation within the CRM team, campaigns and programs

• Leading on improvements in the data frameworks to allow for a ‘test and learn’ approach to challenge our existing activity, identify and recommend changes, and drive on-going performance improvement

• Using supporter insight and business data to create triggers in supporter lifecycles to drive engagement

Increasing Supporter Engagement & Retention

• Improving the understanding of the supporter and Leading on the supporter engagement strategy

Resource Management

• Ensuring business resources are available to the programme as needed 

• Establishing the framework for use of internal and external providers and determining their use across the CRM programme

Person Profile

Experience

• Successful track record of shaping and leading teams to successfully deliver large scale CRM marketing projects

• Proven experience of successfully leading the development and implementation of a complex CRM marketing programmes (including customer acquisition, segmentation, engagement, campaigns management)

• Experience measuring, monitoring and tracking KPIs for CRM performance

• Extensive experience working with and deploying Software as a Service based (SAAS) CRM or transactional applications (e.g. Microsoft Dynamics or SalesForce)

• Management experience of Agile teams in a matrix environment

• Experience of operating at a senior level (e.g. reporting to Programme or Executive Boards)

• Experience of managing multi-partner and vendor projects

Abilities

• An established leader with personal gravitas and ability to network with and influence (internal and external) individuals at all levels to achieve a pre-defined outcome

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to vary communication styles to suit both technical and non-technical individuals and a mix of personalities

• A proven team player.  Open and who is able and willing to deliver beyond their personal brief

• Highly detailed organisational awareness an ability to understand sensitivities within a complex multi-stakeholder structure

• Strong leadership skills along with the ability to motivate and mobilise individuals outside of their reporting line

• A strategic thinker who is able prioritise and balance a busy workload 

Aptitude

• A demonstrable commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion and their practical application and integration in the work environment

• A commitment to Save the Children UK’s aims and core values of accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity, and integrity

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

Are you an experienced youth work leader, with a passion for authentic participation and a deep commitment to securing social justice? Could you work alongside young people to shape, develop and mobilise our youth offer?

We're committed to building long standing relationships of trust with and between young people; creating spaces that foster inclusion, equity and belonging; opening up opportunities to exercise individual and collective agency. We back youth-led social action, championing participatory approaches; including youth organising, peer-to-peer provision and participatory action research. Our approach is focussed on young people's strengths and assets, rooted in our sense of place, and aimed at systemic change. 

We are offering the chance to lead and deliver change at the Winch. With a strong, creative and talented team to work with, a new strategy to influence and a new-build youth and community facility in the pipeline, this could be a career changing move for the right person. 

Please note: Black and Racially Minoritised people, particularly those identifying as women, are historically under-represented in senior management positions in youth work. We actively encourage you to consider applying, if you are qualified by experience. We have designed this role to be supported by a transitional structure and will offer personalised coaching/external supervision or mentoring support, to give you the time to orientate to the role.

Southwark’s ‘Giving’ scheme will transform lives and opportunities for young people in the borough through collective action.  With the funds in place from a range of partners, we're looking for an individual with ideas and energy to develop and drive it forward. You'll have plenty of support from the United St Saviour's team and the coalition of partners.

Responding to the real life experiences of young people, the programme will mobilise local businesses, funders, community groups and residents to give their time, money, networks and influence to level the playing field.

It is part of a wider ‘Giving’ movement, in London and beyond, that is making change through collaboration across the public, private and voluntary sectors.  At the heart of this movement is a belief in the power and potential of place, citizen voice and partnership to change things for the better and for the long term.  It will be hosted by Southwark based funder, United St Saviour's Charity.

We're looking for someone who is: 

• Passionate about Southwark, social change and young people
• Self-motivated, dynamic and able to work independently
• A creative thinker. Someone who can see potential rather than problems
• A flexible and confident communicator and persuader

So if that sounds like you, apply now, or get in touch with us to find out more.

This post is to start in July 2021

We’re one of the North West’s leading disability charities, offering individual care, support and education to thousands of people each year.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without our incredible team of staff and volunteers who are positive role models to the people we support.

You’ll be joining an organisation driven by its values and desire to see meaningful change - the people we support really are at the heart of everything we do.

We want you to grow and develop - so we’ll support you to shape the career that you want to have.

We can’t promise a job with us will be easy. But what we can say is your work will be filled with meaning.

A job at the Together Trust is more than just a job. Together we’ll change lives.

The Together Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. It is a commitment we expect and require from all our staff and volunteers. All Successful applicants will undertake stringent recruitment checks including an enhanced DBS

Key Responsibilities:

• The Programme Manager will run the PMO and be the main point of contact for project management across the Together Trust.
• You will proactively manage the delivery of the Together Trust’s programmes.
• You will provide guidance and mentoring to project managers.
• You will ensure effective quality assurance and that projects adhere to defined project processes, standards and service specific policies.
• You will oversee contract compliance and ensure all projects are delivered to agreed expectations.
• You will need to ensure reports, data collection and analysis is undertaken to meet reporting deadlines.
• You will be expected to report progress at regular intervals to the Senior Leadership Team and other stakeholder groups and escalate deviations from timelines/budgets to the leadership team.
• The Programme manager will play a key role in cross-organizational working - sharing best practice across infrastructure and operational teams.
• You will ensure risks and issues are managed and mitigated as far as possible.
• You should also be looking for opportunities for process improvement across the organisation.

About you

• Degree qualified in Business, Administration, I.T. or a related field.
• A qualification in managing projects/programs. e.g. MSP or Prince2
• Minimum 3 years’ experience working on large scale programs.:
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Highly organised.

Benefits

You'll get to help the people we support celebrate along the road to a brighter future and be part of an incredible team of like-minded peers. Together we work hard, laugh a lot, and support each other. We also have a range of rewards and benefits for our staff:

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays. Pro-rated for part time roles) rising to 27 days after 5 years and 30 days after 10 years.
• A company pension plan with 7% employer contribution

• Opportunity to purchase a health plan to claim towards therapy, dental and more
• Unlimited access to our employee assistance programme for advice and support
• Support from mental health first aiders
• Follow your ambitions and progress your career through on-the-job training, apprenticeships and qualifications

Part-time (28 hours per week) and based at our Kendal Office at Murley Moss, Oxenholme Road.

Starting Salary: £45,399 per annum pro-rata (£36,319, 0.8 F.T.E.)

Thank you for your interest in the position of Head of Finance and Operations at Friends of the Lake District, this is a newly created role and you will be joining the charity at an exciting time in its development. We are an independent charity and the only membership organisation dedicated to protecting and enhancing Cumbria's landscapes. We believe that the Lake District offers some of the most spectacular and precious landscapes in England. We take action to protect and conserve the natural beauty of these landscapes for the benefit of visitors, local communities, wildlife and habitats.

The Head of Finance and Operations will be a critical role within the organisation and will report directly to the Chief Executive. The post holder will operate at a strategic and operational level, taking overall responsibility for the financial management, human resource planning and operations of the charity.

We are looking for someone who will lead on all activities related to strategic planning and analysis, reporting and forecasting, profit planning and workforce management. Providing timely, accurate, and relevant financial analysis the Head of Finance and Operations will identify improvement opportunities, develop plans and drive projects forward.

To be successful in this role you will need to be a qualified accountant (or QBE) with experience of leading change, building organisational capability and driving performance, with demonstrable experience across finance, HR, IT and operations.

You must demonstrate a passion for the Lake District and Cumbrian Landscapes and an understanding of the work and aims of the Charity in advocating for and protecting these landscapes. A willingness and ability to work flexible hours is required, including occasional evenings and weekends.

See our website for an application pack and for more information about this role and about Friends of the Lake District. For further information or an informal discussion about the post please contact Douglas Chalmers (Chief Executive), contact details can be found on our website.

Deadline for applications:  Wednesday 23rd June 2021, 5pm

Please email your application form or post (marked Private & Confidential) to Jodie Lucas-Jones, Office Administrator, Friends of the Lake District, Murley Moss, Oxenholme Road, Kendal, LA9 7SS. Please note we do not accept CVs.

Interview date:  Wednesday 7th July 2021 via Zoom.

Watts Gallery Trust is looking for a highly motivated individual who is a qualified (ACA, CIMA or ACCA) accountant with significant strategic financial experience in an organisation of the complexity and scale of Watts Gallery Trust and able to provide strategic leadership and tactical delivery.

Key responsibilities will be strategic financial management, strategic and tactical Human Resources management, the organisation’s legal, regulatory and governance framework, its tenancy portfolio, its annual audit process, its investment fund, and key relationships with its insurance, legal and human resources advisors, and to provide strategic peer-to-peer Senior Management Team (SMT) support to the Head of Operations who has portfolio responsibility for IT, Risk, Safety Management, GDPR and Safeguarding.

Key skills and experience required are

• 5 years + board level strategic experience in a broad commercial or charity financial role.

• Experience of charity accounting.

• Experience of using Sage financial accounting software.

• Strategic line management experience of the Human Resources function with a strong understanding of best practice, including building team culture and people development.

• A detailed knowledge of the financial and regulatory context for charities and companies in the UK.

• A proven track record of successful financial, budgetary and regulatory control.

• Excellent oral and written skills, able to present complex propositions in a simple and clear style.

• A clear eye for detail yet able to get to the heart of an issue and propose workable solutions and improvements.

• An inspiring manager who can motivate their colleagues, manage their performance and support their development.

• Strong negotiating skills.

• Ability to work under pressure with a good sense of humour.

• An understanding of an interest in the arts and specifically the visual arts.

• A strategic understanding of IT management, planning and oversight is desirable.

A full Job Description, including Key Competencies and Person Specification, can be downloaded along with the application forms from our website.

Watts Gallery Trust is fully committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage BAME and disabled applicants and value the positive impact difference has on our teams. 

ABOUT WATTS GALLERY TRUST

Watts Gallery Trust (WGT) is an independent charity established in 1904 to manage the legacy of George Frederic Watts OM RA, one of the leading artists of the nineteenth century. Today, Watts Gallery Trust is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation that oversees Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village. Consisting of Limnerslease, the former home of artists G F Watts and Mary Seton Watts, the Grade I listed Watts Cemetery Chapel, designed by Mary Watts, the Pottery Building that formerly housed the Compton Potters Arts Guild, and Watts Gallery established in 1904 as the UK’s first single artist museum, the Artists’ Village is a leading regional visitor attraction. The Trust delivers an ambitious and far-reaching engagement and learning programme in prisons, in the local community and onsite, working to deliver its founders’ Art for All ethos with some of the most vulnerable in society. It also manages the Artist’s Studio Museum Network of 157 artist’s studio museums across Europe, and the thriving Watts Gallery - Artists’ Village, which is located in Compton, outside Guildford across 18 acres of Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Purpose of this post:

The role of the Programmes Manager will be to manage a portfolio of funded programmes, they will also line manage the programmes officers/assistant. The programmes manager is responsible for the planning and implementation of their portfolio of programmes, including task allocation and delivery monitoring of the programmes officers. They will create and complete programmes trackers and will be responsible for day-to-day delivery partnership relationship management and effective spending of the assigned programme budget. This post will draft reports for funded programmes, participate in programmes fundraising and continuous improvement and evaluation.

Responsibilities:

• Managing the delivery of a portfolio of programmes.
• Holding day to day programmes partner relationships
• Line managing programmes officers and senior programmes officer
• Spending and tracking programmes spend
• Creating and implementing programme trackers
• Contributing to Continuous improvement
• Drafting reports for funded programmes portfolio
• Task Allocation

To apply, please email your CV and a 1-page cover letter as indicated on the final page of the Job Description Pack.

Our programmes span three main areas:

Our programmes span three main areas:

Careers: We work with schools, universities, community groups and employers to inspire and enable young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, aged 13-30 to pursue the career of their choice. From career advice to support gaining skills, qualifications and the critical foundations required to ensure professional success, we aid young people on their journey to a fulfilling and successful career.

Communities: We run programmes that support community groups working with people from BAME backgrounds to maximise their impact and make positive changes for local people. Our BME Network supports over 120 small voluntary and community groups, and our Community Leadership Academy provides learning and development tailored to the needs of small and micro charities that are led by or serve people from BAME backgrounds.

Society: We are working to create a society where talent is respected and nurtured irrespective of where it comes from, where organisations recognise and realise the benefits of a diverse workforce, and where our communities can come together and thrive. All our work is designed not only to support our beneficiaries, but to drive systemic change in organisations and society as a whole.

The successful manager will manage a range of programmes, we will explore your professional experience in relation to our programmes in the recruitment process.

Person Specification:

• Programme/project management experience [Essential]
• Facilitation and programmes delivery skills [Essential]
• Good communication within a team [Essential]
• Ability to problem solve and work well with organisation growth [Essential]
• Alignment with charity mission and purpose [Essential]
• A range of IT skills including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint [Essential]
• Experience working with external stakeholders/partners [Desirable]
• Budget management and CRM system experience [Desirable]
• Line management experience [Desirable] 

To apply, please email your CV and a 1-page cover letter as indicated on the final page of the Job Description Pack.

About the Charity:

At Blueprint for All we believe in a future where talent is respected and nurtured irrespective of where it comes from, where organisations recognise and realise the benefits of a diverse workforce and where our communities can come together and thrive. This is our blueprint to set the foundations for a more inclusive society to grow.

Our high impact programmes work with disadvantaged young people and communities, providing tangible opportunities and support that enables them to thrive, whilst driving systemic change in organisations and society.

Please see job description document for full details of the role and requirements.

We are hiring an experienced professional who loves a plan, a deadline and isn’t afraid to dive into the detail. They will work closely with our Programme Director as the beating heart of the operations, ensuring smooth delivery and a great experience for our young people.

Job requirements:

Culture & ethos

• Model and support the ethos and culture of the organisation

• Contribute to the value-driven ethos of the organisation

Operations

• Manage a budget, risk reporting and mitigation for delivery of our youth programmes. 

• Lead on the day-to-day operational requirements of our programmes, including coordinating events with schools, retreats and our internal team

• Use systems and processes to ensure a safe container for both staff and young people

Health and Safety, Risk

• Lead on policy implementation, health & safety and compliance, to ensure our programmes are always delivered safely

• Work with subject knowledge experts to ensure policies and processes are fit for use, updated regularly and used in day-to-day operations

Physical Spaces

• Collaborate with our sister organisation, Bertha Foundation, and the Operations Director around all physical spaces we use for programme delivery

• Lead on contractual agreements and risk assessments for physical space hire and use

Safeguarding

• Supporting organisational responsibility for safeguarding and planning for safe programmes

Dependant on prior experience, training will be offered to support the successful candidate to assume the role of Deputy Safeguarding Officer for the organisation

This is a Head of Department level role, with remuneration between £45,000 and £55,000 pro-rata based on experience. A 5% London weighting is included within this bracket as the role must be based in London.

This role is a full-time role, equating to 5 days/week. This role will be line managed by the Programme Director, and will have a probationary period of 3 months.

Additional benefits for employees include a 10% pension contribution, death in service provisions and the opportunity to opt into dental and healthcare benefits upon successful completion of a probationary period.

Additional requirements

• Subject to an enhanced DBS check with Bertha Earth. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

• We require two references, one from your current or most recent employer and another (if you have worked with young people that must be included)

• Strong reliable wifi connection whilst working from home

• You will be required to agree to and sign our code of conduct

• You must have the right to work in the UK

This role is based in our London office, and is eligible for hybrid working from home when appropriate. There is the expectation there will be touchpoints with the team required throughout the year that will have to be attended in person outside of London.

Frequent travel to our retreat locations and partner venues and schools may be necessary. The venues are currently in Monmouth, Hereford and Frome. Partner schools in 2021 are based in London. All reasonable travel expenses and accommodation for overnight stays necessary to perform this role will be reimbursed.

Glasgow Life is seeking to recruit a new Head of Development and Fundraising, a rare opportunity to oversee an ambitious fundraising strategy for Glasgow’s major cultural, sporting, events and learning offer.

We believe everyone deserves a great Glasgow life. As a charity, we aim to inspire every citizen and visitor to become engaged and active in a city globally renowned for culture and sport. We deliver programmes, experiences and events which support the mental, physical and economic wellbeing of our diverse communities. We are committed to delivering activities in a way that enables all individuals and communities to live a great Glasgow life. We want the people of Glasgow to experience the positive and life-changing benefits of participating in culture and sport at all levels, from classes in local communities to large-scale events which present Glasgow on an international stage. 

At a time when culture and sport will be at the forefront of people’s recovery from the impact of the pandemic, the Head of Development and Fundraising role has never been more important. With overall responsibility for the strategic leadership of the Development Team, you will work closely with colleagues across the organisation to deliver client-centred relationship management to maximise income for the charity. By creating compelling cases for support that demonstrate the impact and reach of Glasgow Life’s work across the city, you will galvanise the huge potential of our campaigns to support everyone in the city to have a great Glasgow life. 

A seasoned and collaborative fundraiser with excellent people management skills, you will be able to demonstrate your ability to deliver sustainable growth. You will have the energy, drive and enthusiasm to achieve results in a fast-paced and large-scale organisation. An accomplished communicator, you will have instant credibility when engaging with both internal and external stakeholders. 

You will also be able to demonstrate:

• An excellent understanding of the fundraising mix (eg statutory grants, grant-making trusts and foundations, major gifts, individual giving, corporate engagement and legacies).

• An outstanding track record in delivering ambitious fundraising initiatives, meeting stretching targets with a small team and budget.

• Direct involvement in developing cases for support to meet specific objectives for restricted and unrestricted funding.

• Extensive experience developing and managing high-quality relationships with high net worth individuals, corporates, charitable trusts and foundations to achieve significant gifts.

• A creative and strategic approach to donor cultivation, audience engagement and long-term planning to develop existing and attracting new audiences.

• The ability to recognise and respond creatively to emerging fundraising/business opportunities.

Glasgow Life offers a generous holiday allowance of 29 days (rising to 34 days after 5 years), plus 6.5 public holidays. You will also be eligible to join the Strathclyde pension fund, one of the largest local authority pension providers in the UK. Additional staff benefits include staff discounts, annual leave purchase scheme, flexible retirement and family friendly policies.

Glasgow Life seeks to reflect the extraordinary diversity of our city at every level of our organisation and in our programmes. We strongly encourage suitably qualified applications from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Glasgow Life. 

• Applications close: 9am, Monday 21st June 2021 (Please note that late applications cannot be accepted)
• Salary: £35,000 – £37,000 p.a. (+ Inner London Weighting, where applicable)
• Contract: Full-time, permanent
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
• Location: This role is London-based. However, we would consider applicants who would like to be based in our Birmingham office with regular travel to London, or would like to work remotely with regular travel to London (Once Covid-19 restrictions are lifted: home-based until that point).
• Interviews: First interviews between Wednesday 30th June and Friday 2nd July. Timing of second interviews TBC.
• Start date: ASAP
• Function: Impact Team
• Reporting to: Impact & Strategy Director

About The Access Project.

We support students from disadvantaged backgrounds to access and successfully transition to top universities, through a unique combination of tuition and in-school mentoring. We work with them to make good applications, get the grades and transition to university. Our volunteers are trained and supported to be effective tutors who work with our students for an hour a week to raise their grades. In addition, a dedicated school-based staff member mentors the students so they have the knowledge and support to make strong university applications. Our results show this approach works.

About the role.

The Access Project (TAP) is an evidence-based, data driven intervention. Central to our programme are the ways in which we use data to ensure each of our students receives the provision they need, to learn about how we can improve our delivery and to evaluate our impact on our students’ attainment and university prospects. We have developed sophisticated monitoring and evaluation systems bringing together data from a variety of sources to track students’ progress (impact management) as well as ascertain their outcomes (impact evaluation). We collect data on our students’ academic and socio-demographic background, their participation on TAP’s programme and progress on our bespoke university readiness scales, and their academic results and university destinations. We use this data to intervene in real-time when delivery goes off-course but also to understand how TAP activities affect student outcomes and to re-design the programme year-on-year to ensure that it is as impactful as possible for our students.

As part of the Impact Team, the Head of Programme Quality will ensure the quality of TAP’s core programme design and delivery. They will make sure that TAP’s delivery model can achieve its intended outcomes, that programme design is consultative and evidence-based and that the programme team – from frontline staff to management – have all the resources, training, data and systems they need to successfully deliver and improve the programme. As a senior manager, the Head of Programme Quality will lead planning processes, manage people and budgets, and represent TAP externally with senior stakeholders.

Please see below/attached for full job description and person specification

Duties and responsibilities

1) Programme Design

• Accountable for programme design for TAP’s core programme. This includes running an effective, evidence-based and collaborative design process, and ensuring that all key outputs – including delivery materials, training materials and systems changes - are delivered on time and to a high standard.
• Ensure that appropriate reactive changes are made to the codified programme inyear if required, and that these are followed through with the necessary documentation, monitoring and support to the delivery team (e.g. delivery and training materials, systems changes, etc).
• Act as a senior contributor to the annual outcomes evaluation. Ensure that the programme design implications are clearly consolidated, documented and followed through to action.
• Continuously improve the annual programme design process. Ensure that TAP has a coherent, structured and codified approach informed by high quality internal and external evidence, including best practice from across the sector.

2) Performance Management & Quality Assurance

• Responsible for the quality of the performance management processes across the programme. This involves working with the Data and Insight Coordinator to prepare and run monthly Programme Review Meetings and annual delivery and outcome reviews, documenting decisions and feeding them back into programme design and quality assurance processes.
• Work with the Head of Programme Development to incorporate pilots into routine Performance Management processes as needed, and to plan for embedding of successful pilots into TAP’s programme and delivery models over time.
• Oversee the implementation of our quality assurance (QA) framework for tuition and university mentoring. Work closely with the Programme and Volunteering teams to ensure that QA is embedded in all aspects of programme design, delivery and performance management. Share learning from QA processes as relevant within the impact team and with other functions, to influence/support future practice.

3) People and budget management

• Line manage and matrix manage Impact Team staff. Ensure that staff are well supported in their day-to-day work and have opportunities to develop in key areas, including their effectiveness as leaders.
• Lead on strategic planning for your areas of work. This includes agreeing priorities with colleagues, making detailed delivery plans, and planning improvement and change.
• Develop budgets in line with your delivery plans and with organisational guidance. Ensure that spend on your budget lines is closely monitored and that action is taken to address any expected over/under-spend.

4) Leadership and external representation

• Act as a leading voice in maintaining and further developing TAP’s impact culture. Ensure that we use varied channels for sharing, recognising and celebrating impact, and that others actively engage in sharing learning with internal and external audiences.
• Contribute meaningfully to mutual sharing of best practice across the sector and to growing the profile and reach of TAP, through networking and seizing opportunities. This includes being alert to new opportunities for TAP and exploring them proactively, in close coordination with colleagues.
• Represent TAP externally with senior stakeholders. This includes putting together and delivering presentations in a variety of contexts; including senior level meetings, at short notice, across a broad range of topics.
• Working with the Impact and Strategy Director, contribute to the development of TAP’s medium and long-term strategy as required.
• Model the tone and behavioural expectations of The Access Project amongst staff.

Person specification

Knowledge, skills and experience

Essential

• Experience of designing and evaluating social impact programmes.
• Understanding of what effective performance management of social impact programmes looks like in practice.
• Experience of and excellent skills in effective cross-team working. An expert in facilitating meetings and pushing to decision-making and action.
• Experience of managing complex cross-organisational processes, including bringing others along with change.
• Track record of fostering trust-based relationships, having difficult conversations, and sensitively discussing performance issues.
• An experienced line manager who helps their team to deliver and develop, and builds morale and team spirit.
• Sound understanding of the principles of monitoring and evaluation (M&E); experience of developing and delivering against M&E plans, including systems development/adaptation.
• An effective influencer with senior colleagues and senior external stakeholders, including experience of confidently presenting to a variety of audiences.
• Interest in becoming a deep subject matter expert - developing networks, talking with colleagues and researching to keep up-to-date.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the widening participation sector and issues affecting disadvantaged students’ access to and success in higher education.
• Familiarity with academic attainment data.
• Experience of working with Salesforce CRM.

Benefits

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications for all suitably qualified persons. However as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) individuals are currently under-represented within the organisation, which does not reflect our diverse student body, we would particularly welcome applications from BAME candidates. All appointments will be made on merit.

TAP offers:

• A great working environment!
• 25 days annual leave p.a. (pro rata) plus Bank Holidays and Christmas closure.
• PerkBox Perks – offering nationwide shopping discounts, gym memberships, holidays, freebies, learning and much more.
• Employee Assistance Programme, a 24 hour helpline for staff
• Online Medical assistance – access 24/7 to a qualified GP within minutes, with referrals and prescriptions available same-day.
• Interest-free travelcard loans
• Cyclescheme loans
• Employer’s pensions contributions (3%)
• CPD options
• TAP welcomes requests for flexible working arrangements

Further information

For detailed information regarding this job opportunity, please see the following link below to our online application portal.